James Ponsoldt's The Spectacular Now (Emphasis on the spectacular part,) is one of the year's best movies, easily. Right now, I would say that it is nothing short of spectacular.
The film follows the senior year of hard partyer/alcoholic high school student Sutter Keely. I can't even begin to describe Sutter Keely without even mentioning Miles Teller's astonishing work in this. This is his first serious movie outside of 21 and Over, and this definitely won't be his last. He, with co-star Shailene Woodley (more on her later) together exercise a strong chemistry and a loving type of humanity only seen outside of the movies.